Rudolph Laver
{{short description|Australian-German electrical engineer}}
Rudolph Laver (19 July 1872 in Castlemaine, Victoria – September 1946 in Berlin) was an Australian-German electrical engineer.
Biography
Rudolph Laver was one of seven sons of farmer Jonas Laver (1819-1880) from Somerset and of Mary Ann née Fry (†1885).See his brother Frank Jonas Laver (1869–1919), in [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/laver-frank-jonas-7742/text12259 Australian Dictionary of Biography], 1986 In 1899 Rudolph Laver emigrated to Germany, studied electrical engineering in Karlsruhe and Charlottenburg,What's Wrong At The University?, in [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/160723951/17849722 Graphic of Australia (Melbourne, Vic.)], April 7, 1916, p. 3 and was naturalized in Germany in 1915.No home here for Herr Laver, in [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55937270 The Mail (Adelaide)], January 12, 1946, p. 1 Laver was director at the power plant company Bergmann Elektrizitätswerke in Berlin. With the outbreak of World War I, large parts of the Bergmann works were converted to armaments production, and Laver was released from his work.Australian in Berlin, in [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1500293 The Argus (Melbourne, Vic,)], March 2, 1915, p. 7 In 1934 Laver replaced the then managing director Martin Rosenfeld of the Paul Bouveron GmbH.[https://digi.bib.uni-mannheim.de/viewer/reichsanzeiger/film/005-8446/0283.jp2 Deutscher Reichsanzeiger], Nr. 29, February 3, 1934, p. 2 The name of the company changed to Transformatorenfabrik Rudolph Laver vormals Paul Bouveron GmbH. After his death, his widow Klara, née Rothweiler, inherited the company.Verordnungsblatt für Gross-Berlin, Volume 4, 1948, p. 348
See also
Sources
- The Cyclopedia of Victoria, Volume 3, 2012, p. 121. {{ISBN|978-1236291165}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laver, Rudolph}}
Category:German electrical engineers
Category:People from Castlemaine, Victoria